Animal disease traceability meetings scheduled

COLUMBUS — Many Ohio livestock producers are subject to requirements under the new Animal Disease Traceability rule implemented by USDA. The goal of the animal disease traceability system is to improve the response to a livestock disease outbreak in the U.S. Rules USDA issued final rules on the program in December 2012. Under the rule,

Best advice ever: Get it in writing

Beef producers entering into a lease contract for grazing, use of breeding bulls or other business activities are advised to have a written agreement.

Keystone Beef Marketing is rapidly growing

United Producer’s, Inc./Keystone Beef Marketing Network is growing rapidly in western Pennsylvania. They are continually reaching new customers and want to spread the word about the company and the benefits of “honest as day is long.”

Ohio shepherds symposium recognizes best

Gary Saylor (left), Larry Mead, and Greg and Deb Deakin were awarded the distinguished service honor at the Buckeye Shepherd’s Symposium, held Saturday, Dec. 11 in Wooster, Ohio.

The best ride you’ll ever have

I applaud the advances in science and medicine that make childbearing so much less likely to result in death. I also suspect that all those advances are sometimes guilty of scaring the wits out of expectant parents unnecessarily. Tests Early ultrasounds scored you a fuzzy black and white image that would assure you that you

Why ‘trade down’ in beef selection?

Demand for beef is down. Can you blame the recession? Not entirely, but it’s a darned inconvenient coincidence. It’s hard to argue that beef quality was too low, because production of every class of premium beef has been trending up for some time. The supply of Choice beef in particular has increased for six years,

Ashland County Dairy Service meets

JEROMESVILLE, Ohio — The Ashland County Dairy Service Unit met for its 65th annual meeting March 14 at Hillsdale High School.

The evening began with a welcome by Unit Director Ryan Welch who introduced Ashland County Farm Bureau Organizational Director John Fitzpatrick.

Inner child meets the Outer Mom

It turns out that I am an idiot. I had no idea. In fact, I was humming along clam-happy in my (mistaken) belief that I was a pretty smart cookie. A sharp tack indeed. Nonetheless the proof of my utter, undeniable stupidity is there for all to see. It comes to light the very moment